Palendag

{{Short description|Musical instrument}}

Image:Palendag.jpg bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon people]]

The palendag, also called Pulalu (Manobo{{cite web|last=Hila|first=Antonio C|year=2006|url=http://www.filipinoheritage.com/arts/phil-music/pre-colonial-indigenous-music.htm|title=Indigenous Music - Tuklas Sining: Essays on the Philippine Arts|work=Filipino Heritage.com|publisher=Tatak Pilipino|accessdate=June 12, 2006|archive-date=December 24, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051224003259/http://www.filipinoheritage.com/arts/phil-music/pre-colonial-indigenous-music.htm|url-status=dead}} and Mansaka), Palandag (Bagobo),{{cite web|last=de Jager|first=Fekke|year=2006|url=http://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Palandag.htm|title=Palandag|work=Music instruments from the Philippines|accessdate=2006-06-12}} Pulala (Bukidnon) and Lumundeg (Banuwaen) is a type of Philippine bamboo flute, the largest one used by the Maguindanaon, a smaller type of this instrument is called the Hulakteb (Bukidnon).{{cite web|last=Brandeis|first=Hans|year=2006|url=http://aedv.cs.tu-berlin.de/~brandeis/bukid_music.html#instruments_individual|title=Musical Instruments for Individual Use|work=Music and Dance of the Bukidnon-s of Mindanao -A Short Introduction|accessdate=July 7, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616192605/http://aedv.cs.tu-berlin.de/%7Ebrandeis/bukid_music.html#instruments_individual|archive-date=June 16, 2006}} A lip-valley flute, it is considered the toughest of the three bamboo flutes (the others being the tumpong and the suling) to use because of the way one must shape one's lips against its tip to make a sound.{{cite web|last=Mercurio|first=Philip Dominguez|year=2006|url=http://www.pnoyandthecity.blogspot.com|title=Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines|work=PnoyAndTheCity: A center for Kulintang - A home for Pasikings|accessdate=February 25, 2006}} The construction of the mouthpiece is such that the lower end is cut diagonally to accommodate the lower lip and the second diagonal cut is make for the blowing edge. Among the Bukidnon, a similar instrument with the same construction except that it is three-fourths the length of the palendag, is called the hulakteb

For the Maguindanaon, the palendag was used for intimate gatherings for families in the evening.